Nomadic Gallery

Zambra gitana (gypsy festivities)

Zambra gitana (gypsy festivities). Shows gathering of Spanish gypsies to dance and play music. Illustration by Mariano Bertuchi, Spanish artist: 6 February 1884 - 20 June 1955

© Lebrecht

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West African Tuareg Horse Warriors

West African Tuareg Warriors, in traditional veiled headdresses, all mounted on fine horse and carrying spears and enormous shields. The Tuareg are a Berber nomadic pastoralist people, known as the People of the Veil'. The wearing of the Alasho veil by Tuareg men originates from the belief that such action wards off evil spirits. Date: circa 1910s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Sword dance by Bedouin Arabs near the valley

Sword dance by nomadic Bedouin Arabs near the valley of the kings in Thebes by Giovanni Battista Belzoni. Two women dance a traditional sword dance to musical accompaniment from a recorder and men clapping. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1834. Date:

© Florilegius/Mary Evans